Editing Cedrus (section)

==Classification==
Cedars share a very similar cone structure with the [[fir]]s (''Abies'') and were traditionally thought to be most closely related to them, but molecular evidence supports a basal position in the family.<ref name=Liston>Liston A., D.S. Gernandt, T.F. Vining, C.S. Campbell, D. Piñero. 2003. "Molecular Phylogeny of Pinaceae and Pinus". In Mill, R. R. (ed.): ''Proceedings of the 4th Conifer Congress. Acta Hort'' '''615''': pp. 107–114.</ref><ref name=Wang>Wang, X.-Q., Tank, D. C. and Sang, T. (2000): "Phylogeny and Divergence Times in Pinaceae: Evidence from Three Genomes". ''Molecular Biology and Evolution'' '''17''':773-781. Available [https://thecedrus.com/ online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007152928/https://thecedrus.com/ |date=2018-10-07 }}</ref>

===Taxonomy===
[[File:Cedars06(js).jpg|right|thumb|A cedar in Lebanon]]
[[File:Moroccan Atlantic cedar.jpg|right|thumb|upright|A cedar in the Moroccan Atlas]]

The five [[taxon|taxa]] of ''Cedrus'' are assigned according to [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] opinion to between one and four species:<ref name=farjon/><ref>Gymnosperm database [http://www.conifers.org/pi/ce/index.htm ''Cedrus''].</ref><ref>NCBI Taxonomy Browser [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=3321&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock ''Cedrus''].</ref><ref>Flora of China [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105979 vol. 4]</ref><ref>Qiao, C.-Y., Jin-Hua Ran, Yan Li and Xiao-Quan Wang (2007): Phylogeny and Biogeography of ''Cedrus'' (Pinaceae) Inferred from Sequences of Seven Paternal Chloroplast and Maternal Mitochondrial DNA Regions. ''Annals of Botany'' '''100(3)''':573-580. Available [https://archive.today/20120529113829/http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/100/3/573 online]</ref><ref name=farjon1>Farjon, A. (2008). ''A Natural History of Conifers''. Timber Press {{ISBN|0-88192-869-0}}.</ref><ref>Christou, K. A. (1991).  The genetic and taxonomic status of Cyprus Cedar, ''Cedrus brevifolia'' (Hook.) Henry. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece.</ref><ref>GRIN Taxonomy for Plants [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2217 ''Cedrus''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120152047/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?2217 |date=2009-01-20 }}.</ref><ref>Güner, A., Özhatay, N., Ekim, T., & Başer, K. H. C. (ed.). 2000. ''Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands'' 11 (Supplement 2): 5–6.  Edinburgh University Press.  {{ISBN|0-7486-1409-5}}</ref><ref>Eckenwalder, J. E. (2009). ''Conifers of the World: The Complete Reference''. Timber Press {{ISBN|0-88192-974-3}}.</ref><ref>Sell, P. D. (1990).  Some new combinations in the British Flora. ''Watsonia'' 18: 92.</ref> The oldest known fossil of ''Cedrus'' is ''Cedrus penzhinaensis'' known from fossil wood found in Early [[Cretaceous]] ([[Albian]]) sediments of [[Kamchatka Peninsula|Kamchatka]], Russia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Blokhina|first1=N. I.|last2=Afonin|first2=M.|date=2007|title=Fossil wood Cedrus penzhinaensis sp. nov. (Pinaceae) from the Lower Cretaceous of north-western Kamchatka (Russia)|journal=Acta Paleobotanica|language=en|volume=47|pages=379–389|s2cid=54653621}}</ref>

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! Image !! Name !! Common name!! Synonyms !! Distribution !! Description!! Varieties
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|[[File:Himalaya-Zeder-Zapfen.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Cedrus deodara]]'' ||Deodar, deodar cedar, or Himalayan cedar || – ||Native to Western [[Himalaya]] ||Foliage is brightly green to palely glaucous green, 25–60&nbsp;mm; cones have slightly ridged scales.||
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|[[File:Bürkliplatz - Cedrus libani 2012-03-21 16-27-47 (P7000).JPG|120px]] ||''[[Cedrus libani]]'' ||Lebanon cedar, cedar of Lebanon, or Lebanese cedar ||– ||Native to [[Mediterranean region|Mediterranean]] mountains in the [[Near East]], [[Lebanon]], and [[Turkey]] ||The cones have smooth scales. ||
* [[Cedrus libani|''C. libani'' var. ''libani'']]: [[Lebanon cedar]], mountains of [[Lebanon]], western [[Syria]], and southern-central [[Turkey]]; foliage is dark green to glaucous bluish green, 10–25&nbsp;mm.
* [[Cedrus libani|''C. libani'' var. ''stenocoma'']]: Turkish cedar, mountains of southwestern [[Turkey]]; foliage is glaucous bluish green, 8–25&nbsp;mm.
* [[Cedrus libani var. brevifolia|''C. libani'' var. ''brevifolia'']]: Cyprus cedar (syn. ''C. libani'' subsp. ''brevifolia'', ''C. brevifolia''), [[Troodos Mountains]] in [[Cyprus]]; foliage is glaucous bluish green, 8–20&nbsp;mm. ||
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|[[File:Cèdre du Chélia 10 (Algeria).jpg|120px]] ||''[[Cedrus atlantica]]'' ||Atlas cedar ||''C. libani'' subsp. ''atlantica''||[[Atlas Mountains]] in [[Morocco]] and [[Algeria]] ||Foliage is dark green to glaucous bluish green, 10–25&nbsp;mm. The cones have smooth scales. ||
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